SmarterMail Auth Bypass Exploited in the Wild Two Days After Patch Release

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SmarterMail Auth Bypass Exploited in the Wild Two Days After Patch Release

Thehackernews •[email protected] (The Hacker News) • January 22, 2026

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Ransomware Exploits Critical SmarterMail Vulnerability CVE-2026-24423 A critical vulnerability in SmarterTools' SmarterMail, identified as CVE-2026-24423, is being actively exploited in ransomware attacks. The flaw allows unauthenticated remote code execution via malicious HTTP requests, affecting users of the email and collaboration server. CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on February 5, 2026. 34 sources 69

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